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New World (PC, £34.99)
Verdict: Aeternum forever
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Explorers set out westwards from Europe for the New World in the 15th century. But what if they’d encountered a different New World instead?
Say, a shrouded island in the middle of the Atlantic where some eldritch power is raising the dead?
That is the premise of, well, New World, the latest game from a little, up-and-coming studio called Amazon Games. Yes, when they’re not taking trips into space, Jeff Bezos and his buddies are now getting into the world’s biggest form of mass entertainment.
New World is a risky release for Amazon because it’s an MMORPG. Which is to say, it’s like the long-established World of Warcraft: an entirely online realm occupied by thousands of players at the same time. These types of games are huge undertakings that are meant to hold our attention for years.
The good news is that New World might just pull it off.
